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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem,…
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Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should…
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From the Vedas we learn a practical art of surgery, medicine, music, house building under which mechanized art is included. They are…
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The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.
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There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of…
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to…
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against…
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The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment…
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I…
— Jane Campion
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An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words
— Sebastian Junger
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What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours,…
— Marion Zimmer Bradley
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If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control,…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Everyone who became great at something has a similar story: For years, they worked on their craft every day, even if they…
— Derek Sivers
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to…
— Epictetus
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Money is like fire. It is only good when there's just the right amount of it, when it's properly contained and under…
— Vera Nazarian
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